Brian Sloat

・ Managing the day-to-day activities of the FP&A department ・ Developing and testing new analytics for use by FP&A ・ Simplifying Financial Planning and Analysis reports by hard linking to primary data ・ Creating and documenting FP&A reporting process flows

・ Primary reconciliation accountant - large accounts payable project ・ Exploited unfamiliar ERP to create reconciliation reports ・ Utilized Excel Power Query to reconcile vendor accounts

・ Pursued timely collection of past-due customer invoices ・ Reconciled customer accounts ・ Advised Cash Application department of uncollectable receivables ・ Assisted accounting manager in creating PowerPoint KPI reports ・ Assisted Credit Analyst in collection of past due customer accounts

・ Invoiced customer pipeline tickets with one day turn around ・ Ensured that invoice pricing details and upcharges matched contracts ・ Corrected pricing discrepancies before final invoicing ・ Reconciled pipeline inventories ・ Identified and corrected inventory discrepancies for General Ledger posts

・ Prepared Operating Expense and Capital Cost Budgets for US IT Group ・ Completed monthly IT cost variance analyses by cost center ・ Reviewed monthly operating budget results with Department Manager ・ Managed IT capital budget ・ Managed capital project cost analysis throughout duration of IT capital projects

・ Managed barge contracts to supply three storage terminals ・ Managed adequate terminal supply at lowest cost ・ Managed department’s transition to SAP ・ Planned Styrene and Ethylbenzene production daily ・ Planned, managed, and budgeted styrene rail fleet and fleet size ・ Managed styrene inventory for plant turnarounds ・ Communicated turnaround plan to plant management ・ Project lead in conjunction with IT department to add missing SAP functionality

・ Performed monthly accounting close for Polystyrene, Polyethylene, and Styrene Monomer ・ Merged three polystyrene plants into a consolidated reporting entity ・ Analyzed income statement using price, volume, and mix variances ・ Compared current monthly actuals to budget and previous month actuals ・ Presented monthly analysis to accounting management ・ Produced, consolidated, and entered operating budgets for all petrochemical plants ・ Produced monthly reconciliations of raw material purchases and accounts payable ・ Reconciled general ledger accounts as required by management ・ Created and maintained annual audit work papers